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Meet the squad

HOOP DREAMS
Tropic profiles the new-look
CQUniversity Cairns Taipans for the
2019-20 NBL season.

Singlet Number 0
Playing Position F
Height 203cm
Weight 108kg 6
Birthday 11 July 1996 5 JARROD
Birthplace Oakland MIRKO DJERIC KENNY

0 CAMERON OLIVER Singlet Number 5 Singlet Number 6
Cameron Oliver was the first import the Taipans Playing Position SG Playing Position PG
signed this off-season, recruiting the human Height 193cm Height 188cm
highlight reel for his impressive athleticism, Weight 93kg Weight 88kg
ability to crash the glass and shoot the ball Birthday 17 April 1995 Birthday 17 September 1985
efficiently. He was signed by the Houston Birthplace Bankstown Birthplace Auckland
Rockets after college and most recently played Junior Association Bankstown Bruins
with the Wisconsin Herd. Jarrod Kenny will start his
Mirko Djeric finally returns to Australia second season in orange after a
to reunite with Head Coach Mike Kelly productive off-season, where he
Singlet Number 3 (previously together in Townsville) after took the Hawke’s Bay Hawks to the
Playing Position PG spending the last three years playing in NZNBL Final Four playoffs, before
Height 187cm Serbia. The shooting guard is known for representing the Tall Blacks at the
Weight 94kg his fiercely competitive nature and at just FIBA World Cup and securing New
Birthday 8 June 1990 24-years old boasts skills and confidence Zealand a spot at next year’s 2020
Birthplace Queens beyond his years. Olympic Qualifier Tournaments.

3 SCOTT MACHADO George Blagojevic was regularly
Singlet Number 9
Scott Machado signed with the Taipans just Playing Position SF touted as an “Aussie to watch”
months after earning a 10-day contract with Height 204cm during his time at NCAA Division I
the LA Lakers and playing alongside LeBron Weight 100kg school, the University of Hartford.
James. As one of the best point guards in the Birthday Following graduation, Blagojevic
NBA G-League, Machado has put up strong 18 October 1996 quickly committed to the Cairns
performances and consistently good numbers Birthplace Geelong Basketball system and is one of
leading the South Bay Lakers. GEORGE Junior Association three Marlins players that have
been elevated to the Taipans
9 BLAGOJEVIC Geelong Supercats line-up this year.
GAME ON!

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